8 Best adventure books like Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1) by Elizabeth Peters

Cover of Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1) by Elizabeth Peters

Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)

By: Elizabeth Peters

4.00

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

Amelia Peabody, that indomitable product of the Victorian age, embarks on her debut Egyptian advent…

"God help the poor mummy who encounters you, Peabody,"

-Elizabeth Peters, Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)

"God help the poor mummy who encounters you, Peabody,"

-Elizabeth Peters, Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)

"...Peabody had better retire to her bed; she is clearly in need of recuperative sleep, she has not made a sarcastic remark for fully ten minutes."

-Elizabeth Peters, Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)

"...Peabody had better retire to her bed; she is clearly in need of recuperative sleep, she has not made a sarcastic remark for fully ten minutes."

-Elizabeth Peters, Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)

If you liked the adventure plot in Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1) by Elizabeth Peters , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #4) by Dorothy Gilman

1. A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #4)

By: Dorothy Gilman

4.16

Format: 191 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A secret agent like no other, Mrs. Pollifax was leading a very full life: Garden Club, karate, yoga… read more

Similar categories in Dorothy Gilman's A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #4) book and Elizabeth Peters's Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)

  • adventure
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of To Hell in a Handbasket (Claire Hanover, Gift Basket Designer, #2) by Beth Groundwater

2. To Hell in a Handbasket (Claire Hanover, Gift Basket Designer, #2)

By: Beth Groundwater

3.85

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

It's snow accident when a young woman's icy demise sends Claire's vacation to hell in a handbasket … read more

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  • mystery
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
"That's a parents' job, isn't it? To raise a child strong enough to leave and break our hearts?"

-Beth Groundwater, To Hell in a Handbasket (Claire Hanover, Gift Basket Designer, #2)

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3. Sherlock Holmes and the Vampires of London (Sherlock Holmes et les Vampires de Londres #1-2)

By: Sylvain Cordurié , Daniel Chabon , Laci

4.00

Format: 4 pages, Hardcover

Sherlock Holmes died fighting Professor Moriarty in the Reichenbach Falls. At least, that's what th… read more

Similar categories in Sylvain Cordurié's Sherlock Holmes and the Vampires of London (Sherlock Holmes et les Vampires de Londres #1-2) book and Elizabeth Peters's Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)

  • mystery
Cover of Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1) by Jacqueline Winspear

4. Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

3.59

Format: 320 pages,

Maisie Dobbs isn't just any young housemaid. Through her own natural intelligence--and the patronag… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1) book and Elizabeth Peters's Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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5. The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #2)

By: Dorothy Gilman

4.18

Format: 176 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When Emily Pollifax answers the phone that Sunday morning, she quickly forgets all about her Garden… read more

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  • adventure
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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6. Temples, Tombs & Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt

By: Barbara Mertz

3.79

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

An eye-opening, edifying, and endlessly entertaining tour through an astonishing bygone world--the … read more

Similar categories in Barbara Mertz's Temples, Tombs & Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt book and Elizabeth Peters's Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)

  • egypt
  • audiobook
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7. Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist (Mrs. Pollifax, #13)

By: Dorothy Gilman

2.50

Format: 216 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Working with her retired CIA friend John Farrell, Emily Pollifax must smuggle a manuscript out of J… read more

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  • adventure
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Whose Body?  (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1) by Dorothy L. Sayers

8. Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

3.84

Format: 212 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The stark naked body was lying in the tub. Not unusual for a proper bath, but highly irregular for … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"But if you were investigating a crime,"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

"Well, it’s no good jumping at conclusions."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

"Oh damn!' said Lord Peter Wimsey at Piccadilly Circus."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

"I trust you told her I had succumbed to lethargic encephalitis suddenly, no flowers by request."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

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9. Murder on Astor Place (Gaslight Mystery, #1)

By: Victoria Thompson

4.20

Format: 240 pages, Mass Market Paperback

After a routine delivery, midwife Sarah Brandt visits her patient in a rooming house and discovers … read more

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  • historical
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery

10. L'appel du sang (Sherlock Holmes & Les Vampires De Londres, # 1)

By: Sylvain Cordurié , Laci

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

DE NOUVELLES AVENTURES SURNATURELLES POUR LE PLUS CELEBRE DES DETECTIVES ! DANS LE BROUILLARD DE LO… read more

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Cover of The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #3) by Dorothy Gilman

11. The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #3)

By: Dorothy Gilman

4.20

Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback

While waiting for a view of her night-blooming cereus, the mild-seeming Mrs. Pollifax received urge… read more

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  • adventure
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"the problems changed, but people were the same"

-Dorothy Gilman, The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #3)

"I've have grown a night-blooming cereus on my fire escape," she added almost shyly. He said quietly, "This is important. Why?" She hesitated. "Because lately I've had the feeling we rush toward somet…"

-Dorothy Gilman, The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #3)

Cover of The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #1) by Dorothy Gilman

12. The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #1)

By: Dorothy Gilman

4.16

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

Mrs. Virgil (Emily) Pollifax of New Brunswick, New Jersey, was a widow with grown children. She was… read more

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  • adventure
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"there was no safety anywhere in life, except as illusion"

-Dorothy Gilman, The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #1)

"But that is precisely what life is, wouldn’t you agree? Everything is a matter of choice, and when we choose are we not gambling on the unknown and its being a wise choice? And isn’t it free choice t…"

-Dorothy Gilman, The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #1)

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13. Mrs. Pollifax on Safari (Mrs. Pollifax, #5)

By: Dorothy Gilman

4.17

Format: 223 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Now the incredible Mrs. Pollifax has been sent on a safari to smoke out a very clever international… read more

Similar categories in Dorothy Gilman's Mrs. Pollifax on Safari (Mrs. Pollifax, #5) book and Elizabeth Peters's Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)

  • adventure
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook

14. Do not Disturb (Pennyfoot Hotel #2)

By: Kate Kingsbury

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Charged with keeping the London aristocracy entertained at Badger's End, a seaside resort, Cecily S… read more

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15. The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell, #1)

By: Laurie R. King

4.16

Format: None pages, Paperback

Long retired, Sherlock Holmes quietly pursues his study of honeybee behavior on the Sussex Downs. H… read more

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16. Finding Sky (Nicki Valentine Mystery, #1)

By: Susan O'Brien

4.23

Format: 11 pages, Trade Paperback

She's a parent. She's (almost) a P.I. No one gets on your case like mom. Suburban widow and P.I. in… read more

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17. Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

By: Susan Rowland

4.33

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

Who is killing off members of the Falconer family and why? Such is the challenge confronting highly… read more

Similar categories in Susan Rowland's Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker Mystery) book and Elizabeth Peters's Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • adventure
"Falconers,"

-Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"Mary tried to look reassuring. “It’s a house party, he said,"

-Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"We’re so very sorry about this latest murder. Ignore Simon’s levity."

-Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"He says it was tourists being careless, where I see a fiendishly clever murder attempt."

-Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

Cover of A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9) by Deanna Raybourn

18. A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

By: Deanna Raybourn

4.19

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

Veronica and Stoker discover that not all fairy tales have happy endings, and some end in murder, i… read more

Similar categories in Deanna Raybourn's A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9) book and Elizabeth Peters's Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
"A man cannot choose to die when he has not yet learnt to live." Stoker"

-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

"If I could have created a perfect woman, I could never have imagined you. But that is my failure. Not yours."

-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

"Not everyone shares your tendency to scorn the company of others." "Scorn the company of others! Thanks to you, I speak to entirely too many people, entirely too often."

-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

"Do you mean to dissuade me? Point out the flaws in my plan? Express your objections with vehemence and eloquence?" He tipped his head. "Actually, no." "Are you entirely well? Have you a fever? Should…"

-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

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19. Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)

By: Elizabeth Peters

4.00

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

Amelia Peabody, that indomitable product of the Victorian age, embarks on her debut Egyptian advent… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Peters's Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1) book and Elizabeth Peters's Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)

  • romance
  • adventure
  • historical
  • egypt
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
"God help the poor mummy who encounters you, Peabody,"

-Elizabeth Peters, Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)

"...Peabody had better retire to her bed; she is clearly in need of recuperative sleep, she has not made a sarcastic remark for fully ten minutes."

-Elizabeth Peters, Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)

"I don't know why I should have been so pleased to see Lucas behaving like a gentleman for a change. I never liked the man... But of course I know why. I would have defended Satan himself if he had be…"

-Elizabeth Peters, Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)

"I disapprove of matrimony as a matter of principle.... Why should any independent, intelligent female choose to subject herself to the whims and tyrannies of a husband? I assure you, I have yet to me…"

-Elizabeth Peters, Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)

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20. Death By Sunken Treasure

By: Kait Carson

4.07

Format: 303 pages, ebook

Underwater, no one hears your screams. Hayden Kent’s mentor discovers her son Mike’s body, full… read more

Similar categories in Kait Carson's Death By Sunken Treasure book and Elizabeth Peters's Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)

  • mystery
  • cozy mystery
Cover of Dracula (Novela Grafica) by Héctor Valdivia

21. Dracula (Novela Grafica)

By: Héctor Valdivia

3.59

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Derivada del estilo cómic, pero dotada de una- identidad propia cada vez más madura, la novela gráf… read more

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3.85

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3.59

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